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Author: Mary Quigley
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781403400987
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines the social, economic, political, and cultural life of the people of ancient Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, including profiles of influential citizens.
Author: Daryll Forde
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-10
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 042995851X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Originally published in 1967 this volume presents studies of 10 West African kingdoms which have played an important part in the economic, political and cultural life of the region. Ranging geographically from the kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria to the Wolof kingdom of Kayor in Senegal, they inlcude the Oyo Yoruba, Dahomey, Hausa, Maradi, Kom in West Cameroon, the Mossi, Ashanti and Gonja and the Mende chiefdoms of Sierra Leone. Each outlines the historical origins and development of the kingdom and analyses its organization in the nineteenth century. It includes accounts of the economic basis and resources of the state and the significance of tribute and trade, of the social categories among its population, the administrarive machinery and communnications, the judicial and military organization and external relations. It also considers the importance of the ideology and rituals of kingship.
Author: Dierk Lange
Publisher: J.H.Röll Verlag
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 603
ISBN-13: 3897541157
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David C. Conrad
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1604131640
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores empires of medieval west Africa.
Author: Michael Gomez
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-08-27
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 0691196826
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, Gomez traces how Islam's growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political experiments unique to the region, culminating in the rise of empire.
Author: Philip Koslow
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780791022665
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Outlines the history of the kingdoms of West Africa from the 8th through the 19th centuries.
Author: Melville Jean Herskovits
Publisher:
Published: 1938
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Katherine E. Reece
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Published: 2005-08-01
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1606941445
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores Ancient West African Civilization's Importance, Place In History, And Major Contributions To Society.
Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2008-06-05
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781410932969
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents a tour of West African kingdoms between 1200 and 1600, discussing facts about religion, war, slavery, diet, houses, politics, culture, transportation, crime, and illness.
Author: Jane Shuter
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2008-08
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781432913403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides an overview of the culture and civilizations of the ancient West African Kingdoms of Mali, Ghana, and Songhai.
